hello there.

any body can help me with this show hidden unchecked box. after googling some of the tips to alter the regedit the check box still can't be marked. i tried using stinger(McAfee) software to remove virus couldn't solve this problem. what exactly i have to do? i have an important file within my hdd and i cant just format everything.

looking forward to assistance. thanks.

Have a look at:

UPDATED 8-step Viruses/Spyware/Malware Preliminary Removal Instructions

Also try...

1. Click Start -> Run
2. Type regedit and click Ok.
3. Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advan ced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally
7. Also change in NOHIDDEN change value to 1
8. In SHOWALL change value to 0
9. Re-check the folder options
10. now change the values to the same
NOHIDDEN to 2
SHOWALL to 1

Strange, but works.

or...

Just unzip this (Windows Xp registry) folder -> Attachment 39053 and merge it to registry, then restart
Check Folder Options then, ideally let me know how it went.